I downloaded QuickSynergy on my MBP and Synergy on my PC. The first thing I did after extracting the files on my PC was run synergy.exe.



  1. I selected "Share this computer's keyboard and mouse (server)"
  2. Clicked on "Configure", then "+" under Screens.
  3. Typed in the name of my machine for "Screen Name" and clicked OK.
  4. Clicked OK again to go back to the main screen.
  5. Under "Advanced" I left the screen name field and port (24800) alone.
  6. Then I clicked "Start" and it tells me that Synergy was successfully started.

So then I went over to my MBP and fired up QuickSynergy.



  1. Clicked on the "Client" tab.
  2. Entered the IP address of the server machine (192.168.1.58) under the server hostname field.
  3. Clicked "Start"


After a minute or so, QuickSynergy crashes on the MBP. The message says: "The application synergyc quit unexpectedly." So I closed QuickSynergy completely and reopened it. This time, I entered the name of my machine ("quintusxp") in the hostname field instead of the IP. I clicked Start again. Again, it crashes with the same error. On the PC, the icon in the system tray shows Synergy as "Waiting for clients" and only shows quintusxp on the list.

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Synergy on the PC is version 1.3.1, and QuickSynergy on the MBP is 0.8. I'm running OS X Leopard 10.5.2. Any ideas?



Edit -- It might be worth noting that when I quit out of the Synergy server on the PC, Synergy crashes as well.